Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Though I spent 15 days on the Everest trek already, I’m tempted to go back and side trip off the main trail.
Ama Dablam Base Camp looks great.
Lonely Planet – Top Ten Detours off the Everest trek
The Everest trek was not much affected by the earthquakes of 2015. If interested in doing this life changing adventure yourself, start with our Everest Base Camp / 3 Passes information page.
No guide required. It’s easy and inexpensive to hike Everest on your own.
Just booked. I fly to Santiago, Chile January 12, 2016.
Having already done many of the most famous Patagonian hikes 10yrs ago (Paine, Fitz Roy, Cerro Castillo) , this time I’ll be more off the beaten trail.
First priority are some of the best sections of the new Greater Patagonian Trail.
I’ll start at the beginning, just south of Santiago – section 1 (Descabezado volcano). A stark track out of Parque Inglés.
There are plenty of great options in Patagonia. 🙂 It’s difficult to choose.
Click PLAY or watch a Chile promotion video on YouTube.
Destination BC has just launched The Wild Within VR Experience, using Oculus Rift technology, making it the first destination marketing organization in North America to use virtual reality to promote the destination.
The Wild Within VR Experience is an interactive, three-dimensional video that allows travellers to experience British Columbia in a truly immersive way, as if they were actually there. …
The Wild Within VR Experience video was filmed in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, located along the central Pacific coast, over the course of five days in September 2014.
It’s not (yet) possible to share VR on a website. But here’s another of their promotion videos. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
0:10 – Evans Lake, Valhalla Provincial Park
0:18 – Campbell Creek near Kamloops
0:22 – Bobby Burns Creek, Bugaboo Provincial Park
0:25 – Naikoon Provincial Park, Haida Gwaii
0:30 – North Beach, Naikoon Provincial Park, Haida Gwaii
0:33 – Tofino
0:41 – Columbia Flats, East Kootenays
0:48 – Osoyoos
0:49 – Blue Mountain Vineyard
0:53 – Purcell Mountains
0:55 – Mount Nimbus via ferrata
0:58 – Takakkawa Falls, Yoho National Park
1:00 – Bugaboo Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
1:06 – Tofino and Ucluelet area
1:14 – Devil’s Range, Valhalla Provincial Park
1:19 – Duncan Lake, West Kootenays
1:23 – Avatar Grove, Pacheedant Village
1:26 – Near Golden
1:29 – Mulvey Lake, Valhalla Provincial Park
1:36 – Little Glacier Creek
1:42 – Chesterman Beach, Tofino
1:44 – Barkley Sound
1:46 – Pigeon and Snowpatch Spires, Bugaboo Provincial Park
1:49 – Naikoon Provincial Park
1:51 – Tofino and Ucluelet area
1:53 – Idaho Peak
1:54 – Spotted Lake near Osoyoos
1:58 – Whistler
2:00 – Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park
2:02 – Potato Ridge
2:04 – Duncan Lake
2:11 – Great Bear Rainforest
2:14 – Arrow Lakes Provincial Park
2:16 – Langara Island, Haida Gwaii
2:18 – Howser Tower, Bugaboo Provincial Park
2:25 – Salmon Glacier
2:27 – Mount Nimbus via ferrata
2:29 – Vancouver
2:34 – Barkley Sound
2:44 – North of Tofino
2:47 – Pacheedaht Village, Vancouver Island
2:49 – Crown Mountain near Vancouver
2:59 – Spear Spire, Bugaboo Provincial Park
related – Kate Zimmerman – Can virtual reality bring real tourists to B.C.?
In the summer of 2013 Casey Gannon and Colin Arisman thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with cameras in hand.
“Only The Essential” is the story of their 5 month, 2668 mile journey on foot from Mexico to Canada across the wilderness of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (40min)
Several times hiking I’ve managed to soak cash and even my passport.
My new MEC DRY SLEEVE should solve that problem in future. 🙂
From the Nepal side.
Kanchenjunga, meaning “five great treasure houses of the snow,” is the third-highest mountain in the world and the second-highest in Nepal. Until 1856, it was believed to be the highest of all.
$3-$5,000 for an up to a 28 day adventure according to one source.
You could do it cheaper by shopping around in Kathmandu. Doing more of the organizational work on your own.
The edit below is a recap of the first 50 videos, giving us a brief look at 50 reasons why Colorado is great.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Find all the videos on awsmcolorado.com
(via Adventure Blog)
We’re the most comprehensive guide to camping on public land …
We cover all National, State, Regional and Army Corps Parks in all 50 States. Which comes out to 2,215 Parks, 8,676 Campgrounds and 282,953 Campsites across the USA.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
The Blacktail 3 is a three-season, three-person tent, which means it can comfortably accommodate up to three people in the spring, summer, and fall, but could falter in severe winter weather.
Although other tents performed better in specific areas of our tests, they couldn’t match the Blacktail 3’s consistently high marks in every category. …
See it on Amazon.
The Blacktail 3 does not come with the newfangled built-in mtnGLO lighting system. But it can be added for an additional $40.
Kraig Becker:
When I first started The Adventure Blog oh-so many years ago, one of my goals was to hopefully inspire others to get outside and seek adventures of their own. …
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